We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...

Monday, March 17, 2008

#14 Being the best kind of Asian

No matter how much they may deny it, all Korean moms are racist. One Korean mom might be a little less obvious about it than another, but when it comes right down to it, they all believe that other races are inferior to Koreans in intelligence and cleanliness. They also like to use derogatory names for the other races: "jok-bahl" for japanese, "ddae-nohm" for chinese, and even "bbal-gang-ee" for North Koreans, who are in fact, yes, Korean too...an easily overlooked fact. In fact, they are so racist that they even discriminate against Koreans from other provinces within South Korea. My mom will say, "Oh Mrs Lim is a liar because she's from Pusan. All Pusan people are liars. Big liar". They will also often say, "Korea is not shaped like a rabbit, it's a tiger". When I try to look for the tiger, it's like the magic eye trick painting...I just can't see it.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure all Asians are racist to some extent. Although, I've never heard my [Chinese] parents use any actual derogatory names... probably because Chinese people are generally not creative enough to come up with them ahaha

this WEST and EAST hatred in Korea spans back to Silla and Baekjae Kingdom era.

Silla( now kyongsang) wiped out Baekjae (now Jeolla).

Only 1 Korean president was from Jeolla, and he is one of the most hated presidents.

Most Korean political elite are from Kyong sang. Presidents are always usually from Kyong sang. Therefore, Kyong sang region saw extra economic benefits (evident when you compare cities in Kyongsang like Pusan, ulsan, to cities in Jeolla, which looks rural and ghetto).

I decided to leave Seoul for good the day my director (female) came to me and demanded I fire a junior office manager because she was "too plain." This final straw occurred after years and years of outright racist, sexist and cruel treatment both on the job and in my off hours. How many times did I hear, All Pusan people are liars!" ???? Oh man. So glad to be in Cali.